chickens

Here are my chickens as of now. They were some of the prettiest chicks and are growing into some pretty chickens.

Here is one as a chick, so pretty!

Chickweed...Stellaria media

My chickens love this little plant that grows in my yard. They have about ate it all and this little plant was out in the dove field. I caged off a small place in the yard and plan to make a more permanant haven for the chickweed to thrive. I found this too...

This is delicious as Chickweed is the flavor of summer; it tastes the way freshly shucked corn smells--raw and haylike.
Pour 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice into a large bowl. Gradually whisk in 4 teaspoons walnut oil. Season with salt and pepper. Add 6 cups chickweed leaves and tender stems (about 6 ounces), toss until evenly dressed and serve at once.

Chickweed water is also an old wives' remedy for obesity.

Run away mules

What do you do with a hard mouthed mule, or worse a team of hard mouthed mules? you call and ask the bit seller to send you a stronger bit right? WRONG this is what they were sent. I can handle them fine with their old bits but did get them some real nice ones.

On the road with the mule wagon

Here we are on our way home from our first trip on the paved road...something new for the girls. They are just getting better and better each time I play with them. For some reason this was the only photo taken today of us.

Clydesdales

This is Val, she was the Dam of Khitian (Kitten).

Here are some old photos of my girls. Khitian is to the left and Val is to the right in this photo.

Khitian and I. She was a little taller than Val.

Mule wagon

I forgot to get a photo while the girls were still hooked up, but this is the dog wagon. Today was our second time to have a go at it. Even with having the Clydes all those years I have never had a wagon before.

Plantation mules

Saturday I met with Earl, the retiring driver. We hooked the wagon and when my arms and hands were too sore I turned the lines over to him. They are tough old gals. Today when I took them out I noticed they showed it on the corners of their mouths. I show it tonight on my feet, mostly my big toes!

Here are Molly and Heartbreak. Molly is my near horse (mule) and my favorite. Not only is she the bigger of the two, she is the most sensitive. For some reason she is the one Earl yells at the most. Earl is the old driver. I rode with him once to see what these girls are used to. Boy do they need some work. Talk about hard mouthed!